Finally in port and ready to unload
Broadside view
Crane drops a cable to the dock ...
... where the lifting cable is attached
Hooks have been attached to both shipboard cranes
The first hook engages one end of a tower section
The second hook lines up on the opposite end
The hook is engaged
Both cranes lift the tower section ...
... and drop it down to a waiting truck
Wide view of the action
The crane's cable is slackened to disengage it
The hook is free
The hook on the opposite end is also free
The truck heads to a staging area in the yard
The cranes are ready for another "pick"
Another tower section is lowered awaiting a truck
This tower section is a top piece, and well-tapered
The line handled by the man is used to release the hook
The hook is released
Wide view of the KK Integrated Logistics yard
A section from the far side of the ship is next
Both cranes lift in unison
Up and over
The section is twisted to fit through the cranes
Another truck is ready for the section
The guys get ready to release the hook
Towers being unloaded, rock being loaded in distance
Another section heads for the staging area
Dockside view as another section is lifted
The section is lowered to the truck
Close-up of the section being fitted into place
Wide view
The section rests in the truck's cradle
The cranes head back for another section
The truck heads to the staging area ...
... and I follow them
The truck backs in under the cranes in the staging area
As with the ship, hooks are used to transfer the sections
The section has been lifted from the truck
Wide view of the lift
The truck heads back for another section
The tower section is lowered to a cradle
A forklift places another cradle under the tower section
The cranes are done with this section
Afternoon finds just one crane doing the unloading
A special rig is used when just one crane is working
As with 2 cranes in use, hooks are used to lift sections
... and lowered to a waiting truck, as before
The hook is ready to be released
I believe the second line is to steady the lift rig
A truck heads to a different staging area in the yard
Cranes lift off the section
The lift rig has longer straps to cradle a section
The strap is wrangled into place
Cinching up the strap
Wide view as the strap is found to have problems
Shorter straps are hooked to a frame on the section
Coordination between crane and truck is vital
A lift is used for a worker to unhook these straps
The straps on the opposite end are being released
The lifting rig is ready to go back for another section
